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Repeat offender who almost severed man's arm in meat cleaver attack fails in appeal
Summary
Patrick Healy, 31, of Buttercup Park, Darndale, was sentenced to 15 years in jail, with the final five years suspended, for a series of violent and dangerous driving offences committed between 2011 and 2013. He pleaded guilty to assaulting a man on the North Circular Road, where the victim's arm was almost severed by a meat cleaver, burglary and theft at Upper Kilmacud Road, unlawful vehicle taking and dangerous driving on the M50, and to dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm on Oscar Traynor Road, unlawful vehicle taking and driving under the influence. The judge, Pat McCartan, imposed consecutive terms of three years for the assault, four years for the burglary and theft, and eight years for the dangerous driving, suspending the last five years. Healy's appeal to reduce the sentence was dismissed by the Court of Appeal, where Justice Alan Mahon upheld the sentence as appropriate given the repeated and severe nature of the offences.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Repeat offender who almost severed man's arm in meat cleaver attack fails in appeal. Charges or matters: assaulting a man causing him harm on the North Circular Road on April 22, 2011; burglary and theft at Upper Kilmacud Road, unlawfully taking a car and dangerous driving on the M50 on December 12, 2011; dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to a motorist on Oscar Traynor Road, Coolock, in Dublin, the unauthorised taking of a vehicle and driving while under the influence on May 21, 2013. Procedural stage: appeal
When:
- April 22, 2011 Incident
- December 12, 2011 Incident
- May 21, 2013 Incident
- September 2004 Incident
- 2016-01-19 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: assaulting a man causing him harm on the North Circular Road on April 22, 2011; burglary and theft at Upper Kilmacud Road, unlawfully taking a car and dangerous driving on the M50 on December 12, 2011; dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to a motorist on Oscar Traynor Road, Coolock, in Dublin, the unauthorised taking of a vehicle and driving while under the influence on May 21, 2013 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Pat McCartan jailed Healy for 15 years with the final five suspended in total – three years for the assault, four years consecutive on the second bill of indictment and eight years consecutive with the final five suspended for dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to a motorist. Healy lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence today on grounds that the sentencing judge failed to take account of the totality principle.
Places mentioned
- Buttercup Park
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Court of Appeal
- North Circular Road
- Upper Kilmacud Road
- Oscar Traynor Road
- Dublin
- North Circular Road
Topics
Burglary Road Traffic Stage Appeal Theft Violent Crime
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